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A modest young French girl of 13 years. Spinner in the Spring Village Mill, runs six sides. Mr. Hine saw her working Sept. 2. Said, "I'd rather work." Been working since last February. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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Erenne La Prise, on left, apparently 13 years old, a doffer at Spring Village Mill, said he had been working a year and a half. Als de Gauthier, apparently under 14 (next Erenne) also a doffer at Spring Village Mill. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts
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Erenne La Prise, a doffer, apparently 13 years old, doffing at his machine in Spring Village Mill. Said he had been working a year and a half. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Demarais i.e., Demaris?, 13 years old. A spinner in the Spring Village Mill, been working since May. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts
A modest young French girl of 13 years. Spinner in the Spring Village Mill, runs six sides. Mr. Hine saw her working Sept. 2. Said, "I'd rather work." Been working since last February. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts.
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library of congress
Date
01/01/1911
Contributors
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer
Location
Winchendon (Mass.)
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42.68611, -72.04389
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Library of Congress
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